Nordic Fest in Decorah, Iowa. 1991?

This unlabeled recording was probably recorded at Nordic Fest in Decorah in 1991, but not sure yet.  I say that because the announcer says that Leonard Finseth was dedicating a song to Arnold Olson who we think died earlier that year in October of 1990.

First we hear Bob Andreasen and maybe his son Gary? doing a few Finseth numbers “Jack Pine” style on guitars.  It is cool to hear Syverson’s Waltz done in this style.

Another fun selection on this tape is the harmonica fiddle duo on Jenny Lind Polka by an unknown group.  Leonard Finseth has only a few selections as each artist seems to get about four songs or tunes.

The other interesting thing about this tape is that during one of Bob's songs, Leonard is talking to someone louder than the performance about his third album, which has never been released, or known much about.

Knute Sorenson at Nordic Fest in Decorah, Iowa (1967?)

My best detective work at this time is that this is audio from 1967 at Nordic Fest in Decorah, Iowa, but replayed in 1982. The jury is still out on this as fact.  Whatever year- Some great fiddling here from Knute Sorenson of Northwestern, Minnesota.  Knute was a hardanger fiddler and flat fiddler who frequently played with his brother, Harold Sorenson.  In the intro you can hear him talking about his uncle Sam, who played hardanger in the early 1900's in NW Minnesota.  Here is a picture of his uncle Sam playing the hardanger.